Saturday, July 26, 2008

First, I wanted to say that I am appalled and saddened by the news that Eddie Davidson, the escaped convict who was serving time for spam has killed his wife and three year old child before committing suicide. Many of these spammers and cyber criminals are sick sociopaths who believe they are beyond the law, but its still sad news whenever innocent lives are taken. My prayers are with the family as they grieve.

For yet another day, the Top News in spam is Old News. The "News Headline" or "Video.exe" spammers continue to dominate our in boxes.

More than 90 compromised webservers have been used in this newest attack, which uses more than 90 new email subjects to trick the public into infecting themselves.

"I Won't Raise Taxes," Says Schwarzenegger, "except For The Indians."50 Cent sues Taco BellApple nosedives on Jobs' deathArnold Says im Gay Too!Arnold Schwarzenegger to make movieAstronauts Pose With The U.S. SnoopyB52 bomber crashed in HawaiiBatman is gay. Watch the proof.Battle Of The Butts, J Lo V Britney SpearsBeijing Olympics cancelledBin Laden driver denies al Qaeda linksBlack Panthers Sue White Guys For Stealing Copyrighted GestureBlair: Im Not Gay, Thats Just My AccentBrave Suicide Bomber Survives Blast!Britney and Justin are together againBritney Clothed Photo FuryBush Accidentally Starts The War On IranBush To Reporters: Fuck The ConstitutionBush 'Troubled' by Gay Marriages. Declares San Francisco Part of 'Axis of Evil'Buy stocks now to make moneyCambodia declares war on foreignersCell phone use increases cancerClubs refuse to release players for OlympicsCourtney Love Vows To Wear ClothesEarthquake in Japan kills millionsEbay Lists Another Cheese SandwichFat Chinese Man Kills And Eats Brother Because He Was HungryFerguson fears ChelseaFour Horsemen Of The Apocalypse Unveil New Alert SystemFrench Have More Sex In Surveys Than Any Other CountryGay Marriage Could Be ProfitableGay Men Perceive Each Other As HomophobicHow to avoid paying credit cardsHow To Break Up With Your Girl, Then Get Some Bootie Time!Hurricane Dolly damages infrastructureI Liked The Part When The French Got Their Asses Busted - G.W. BushInsider tips to these stocksIT departments lauded for selling dataJoin our weekly poker tournamentsKidney stealing ring bustedMan gets pole stuck in handcuffsMcCain diagnosed with pancreatic cancerMcCain's health suspectMy Scrotum Is Getting Really Huge These DaysNew betting tips for new seasonNew National Anthem Proposed By BushObama bribes votersObama diagnosed with brain tumorObama engages rappers in election aidObama Is Anorexic Over-ExerciserObama withdraws support for IsraelObama's mistress speaks upOil prices fall sharplyOsama caught sodomizing lieutenantsOsama Seen Dining At The Paris RitzOsama trains goats for tactical bombingPamela and Britney are lesbian loversPamela Anderson To Sell Her Clothes; Announcement Causes Nationwide FrenzyPlease Baby, Give Me Another ChancePossible Spam : Shocking Video Shows Spongebob And Gay Sex!Prada gives fake bags to charityRelease Of The Nancy Pelosi Sex Dvd Causes Mass Erectile Dysfunction In UsRichard Nixon Speaks From The Grave!Right To Own Guns UpheldSarah Jessica Parker Arrested For Gross NegligeeSchool Board Adopts Gay-Ass Uniform PolicySchwarzenegger reduces minimum wagesScientists Create Prosthetic BrainShocking Video Shows Spongebob And Gay Sex!South Korea goes to war over dead touristSpongebob Denies Reports That Hes GaySteve Jobs down with cancerSteve Jobs to resign from AppleStock Markets Close As Global Earth World Planet International Buys All SharesStudies show Americans love complainingStudies show Europeans hate AsiansStudies show female bosses love flirtingStupid millionaire gives huge tipsStupid woman buys iPhone for 5000Switzerland To Be Devoured By Black HoleTerrorist bombs Philippines killing 30Texans Do The UnthinkableTheodore Roosevelt Was A Gay ManTiger Woods Will Call Next Son MonkeyTupac Shakur Speaks Out From Beyond The Grave: "Stop Releasing My Stanky Old Songs"WalMart declares bankruptcyWoman chokes after swallowing Tiffany diamondWoman found with bottle in vaginaYour tickets have been confirmed

If you are in control of any of hacked webservers, we would like very much to speak with you regarding the method of compromise. We are hearing that the servers are being compromised through FTP sessions, with a real FTP Password being used. Are these brute forces? have they "sniffed" the FTP password (which we should remember, should never be used, as it is sent across the internet in an unencrypted method!), or have they "keylogged" the FTP passwords from the users machines? We need to know!

We have looked up the "WHOIS" information on all of these domains and sent an email to each webmaster, asking for more details about their attack, and informing them of the bad content on their servers so they can get it cleaned up.

Sadly, many of these domains either do not have WHOIS information, or have expired email addresses, so even when we TRY to contact the webmaster, we are unable to do so without poring over their websites looking for contact information. If the WHOIS data were properly implemented, a simple program could inform all of these webmasters.

My favorite WHOIS data was for the domains beatmung-sachsen.eu, cmeedilizia.eu, and deliriuslaspalmas.com, which gave as the Administrative Contact:

This domain exists, but because the European Registry of Internet Domain Names (EURid) is, in our view, run by incompetent administrators who failed to properly manage the server, you cannot view the domain registration data unless you visit their Web site, www.whois.eu

Like the authors of that WHOIS data, I am not spending my time visiting the page.